CDS || English || Error Spotting || 09-01-2019 for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

He won a prize (1)/ for having stood third (2)/ in the competition. (3)/ No error (4)

Question 2

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

She travelled over (1)/ the globe when she was (2) eighty years old. (3)/ No error (4)

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

In spite having ample (1)/ opportunity to talk about the incident, (2)/ she never brought it up. (3)/ No error (4)

Question 4

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

The registrar will give you (1)/ a call after the agency will verify all the (2)/ documents submitted by you. (3)/ No error

Question 5

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

Megha possessed a dozen of furnitures, (1)/ all of which she had to leave behind (2)/ when she moved to the US. (3)/ No error

Question 6

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

Our happiness (1)/ as well as our sorrow are (2)/ largely due to our own actions (3)/. No error (4)

Question 7

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

Neither the lion (1)/ nor the bears has (2)/ escaped from the zoo (3)/. No error (4)

Question 8

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

As I spoke, (1)/ the children (2)/ laughed at my cleverness (3)/. No error (4)

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

In modified forms of plants there (1)/ is frequently a tendency to revert back to (2)/ parental or ancestral characteristics. (3)/ No error (4)

Question 10

Direction: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have error(s). Find out the part of the sentence having an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error' as your answer.

It is true that (1)/ the poor is unable (2)/ to get nourished food even today. (3)/ No error (4)